Knoppix 7.7

[utu]

Thanks for the info, I think I've got this figured out finally.

As is always the case with the Linux Magazine /CeBIT edition of Knoppix what is released is the Live DVD that would be formed if you burnt the iso to DVD. The iso itself is not made available as far as I am aware. You buy the magazine - you get the DVD - you boot up with it and go.

It's important to note that Linux Magazine is a European pub. The same issue in Linux Pro Magazine has a different , non-Knoppix DVD offering.

If your German is up to scratch more details are here:
http://knopper.net/knoppix/knoppix770.html

Here the German page describes 7.7, but the English page describes 7.6.
This may be because there seems to be no English Knoppix CeBIT sessions scheduled.

My German is non-existant but I can see from that page that 7.7 uses a later version of the linux kernel than 7.6. Then there is the additional software I mentioned in this 'exclusive' CeBIT edition.

The 7.7 3d stuff is probably the same as in 7.6.
I expect the really new stuff in 7.7 other than current version upgrades of everything, are the following:
BFQ kernel patch, a new backup program, and behind the scenes, an upgraded libc6 to get around its
long-standing vulnerability.
If I'm right, only the BFQ stuff interests me; but, I really wonder if BFQ has anything to offer in a single-user situation.

[utu]

Here is a little update on the CeBIT Knoppix offering:
http://www.linux-magazin.de/Ausgaben...4/Knoppix-7.7#

Google translate does handle this page if you highlight its text a paragraph at a time
and click the big 'T' icon to do the translation. It mentions the libc situation in two places.

[utu]

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Here's a utube demo of a BFQ scheduler in action:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZeNbS0rzpoY